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Is injurious a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word injurious is a Scrabble US word. The word injurious is worth 16 points in Scrabble:

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Is injurious a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word injurious is a Scrabble UK word and has 16 points:

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Yes. The word injurious is a Words With Friends word. The word injurious is worth 21 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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9-letter words (1 found)

INJURIOUS,

7-letter words (3 found)

JUNIORS,RUINOUS,URINOUS,

6-letter words (1 found)

JUNIOR,

5-letter words (11 found)

IRONS,JOINS,JOURS,NOIRS,NORIS,ORNIS,ROINS,ROJIS,ROSIN,RUINS,URSON,

4-letter words (31 found)

INRO,IONS,IRIS,IRON,JINS,JOIN,JORS,JOUR,NISI,NOIR,NORI,NOUS,NURS,ONUS,OURN,OURS,RINS,ROIN,ROJI,RUIN,RUNS,SIJO,SIRI,SOJU,SORI,SORN,SOUR,SUNI,UNIS,URNS,URUS,

3-letter words (31 found)

INS,ION,IOS,ISO,JIN,JOR,JUN,JUS,NIS,NOR,NOS,NUR,NUS,OIS,ONS,ORS,OUR,OUS,RIN,RUN,SIN,SIR,SON,SOU,SRI,SUI,SUN,SUR,UNI,UNS,URN,

2-letter words (16 found)

IN,IO,IS,JO,NO,NU,OI,ON,OR,OS,OU,SI,SO,UN,UR,US,

You can make 94 words from injurious according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of injurious

injurious

Etymology

From Middle English injurious, from Anglo-Norman enjurius, from Latin iniūriōsus; analysable as injury +‎ -ous.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɪnˈdʒʊəɹɪəs/, /ɪnˈdʒɔːɹɪəs/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ɪnˈd͡ʒʊɹi.əs/, /ɪnˈd͡ʒɝi.əs/
  • Hyphenation: in‧ju‧ri‧ous

Adjective

injurious (comparative more injurious, superlative most injurious)

  1. Causing physical harm or injury; harmful, hurtful.
  2. Causing harm to one's reputation; invidious, defamatory, libelous, slanderous.

Synonyms

  • scathel, harmful, hurtful; see also Thesaurus:harmful
  • defamatory, invidious, libelous, slanderous; see also Thesaurus:defamatory

Derived terms

Translations

Middle English

Alternative forms

  • injuryos

Etymology

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman enjurius, from Latin iniūriōsus; equivalent to injurie +‎ -ous.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /inˌdʒiu̯ˈriuːs/, /inˈdʒiu̯rius/

Adjective

injurious (rare, Late Middle English)

  1. (of speech) Rude, offensive, distasteful.
  2. Morally wrong or evil; potentially dangerous.

Descendants

  • English: injurious

References

  • “injūriǒus, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-10-24.

Source: wiktionary.org